Retired Police Officer, Firefighter in World Games Hall of Fame

During his teenage years, Frank Santiago was into street fighting. But at age 16, the trajectory of his life changed.

“I was the only Hispanic kid in an all-Irish neighborhood in New York City and street fighting was a way of life for me for a long time,” said Santiago, a Brant Beach resident recently inducted into the World Police and Fire Games Hall of Fame. “A priest I knew, Father MacGiver, took me off the street and suggested I channel my energies through karate.